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Saltaire Brewery – No.5 (4.2% ABV)

Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Everybody in the car come on, let’s ride…… Yep, I cannot look at this beer without thinking of the late 90’s hit Mambo No.5 by Lou Bega. I’m pretty certain that when Saltaire came up with the name for this English stoutContinue reading “Saltaire Brewery – No.5 (4.2% ABV)”

Marble Beers Ltd – ALF Hazy Pale (5.4% ABV)

Hello and welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists, For those of a certain age the name ALF is probably best associated with a cute and cuddly alien that came to earth and lived with a human family in the 1980’s…..Not in real life of course but in a hit TV show. Anyway, enough retro TVContinue reading “Marble Beers Ltd – ALF Hazy Pale (5.4% ABV)”

Magic Rock Brewing – Lemon-dayz Cloudy Lemonade IPA (6.0% ABV)

Many beers have bold citrus flavours, mainly through hops, but some also have added flavouring. Lemon is not the most obvious one to add, I find that lemon flavouring added to food and drink can be overpowering, and this is an IPA not a sour. In this beer though, it is lemons rather than flavouringContinue reading “Magic Rock Brewing – Lemon-dayz Cloudy Lemonade IPA (6.0% ABV)“

Loch Lomond Brewery – In the Pink Raspberry Sour (5.0% ABV)

The style ‘du jour’ seems to be the sour. Once something of a niche beer in the UK now seems to be everywhere. This example was included within a recent Lidl ‘Beer Festival’ week so is clearly targeted at a wider range of drinkers. Name : In the PInk Brewery: Loch Lomond Brewery, Dumbarton, Scotland HopsContinue reading “Loch Lomond Brewery – In the Pink Raspberry Sour (5.0% ABV)”

Magic Rock Brewing- High Wire Tropical(5.5% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Today John will be looking at the second of a couple of supermarket exclusives from The Magic Rock Brewery. Name: The Fabulist Brewery: High Wire Tropical Aroma : Hoppy with Tropical fruit tones Appearance : Clear pale amber with a good white head. Body : Continue reading “Magic Rock Brewing- High Wire Tropical(5.5% ABV)”

Merakai Brewing Co –Everyday is Mangonificent (6.5% ABV)

Hello My fellow beer drinkers, Welcome back to The Eternal Hoptimists! As you may know earlier this week we had a sit down chat with the lovely Emma & Olly from Merakai Brewing co and if you want to check out what they had to say in our meet the brewers interview here This weekContinue reading “Merakai Brewing Co –Everyday is Mangonificent (6.5% ABV)”

Merakai Brewing Co –I’m your biggest fan, DDH Pale (5.2% ABV)

Magic Rock Brewing- The Fabulist(6.2% ABV)

Hi there fellow beer lovers, Welcome back to the Eternal Hoptimists. Today John will be looking at the first of a couple of supermarket exclusives from The Magic Rock Brewery. Name: The Fabulist Brewery: Magic Rock Brewery Aroma : Hoppy with Tropical fruit tones Appearance : Hazy darkened amber with a thin white head. Body : Continue reading “Magic Rock Brewing- The Fabulist(6.2% ABV)”